St. George (Ontario provincial electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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St. George was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that returned Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queen's Park. It was created in downtown Toronto in 1926 and was merged into the riding of St. George—St. David in 1987. The seat covered much of the city's central core, roughly similar to the current riding of Toronto Centre. At its dissolution it stretched from University Avenue to Parliament Street and from the waterfront north past St. Clair.
St. George, in relation to the other Toronto ridings, after the 1926 redistribution. | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1925 |
| District abolished | 1987 |
| First contested | 1926 |
| Last contested | 1985 |
Boundaries
The riding was formed in 1926 from parts of the old Toronto Northeast and Toronto Southeast ridings. Its western boundary starting at Toronto Harbour went north following the line of Simcoe Street. At Queen Street West it jogged east a block to University Avenue. It followed this street north continuing along Queen's Park Crescent East and Avenue Road north to St. Clair Avenue West. At St. Clair it turned east and went to Yonge Street. At Yonge it turned south and followed this street to Bloor Street. It then turned east following Bloor until it reached Sherbourne Street. It then followed Sherbourne back south until it met the harbour.[1]
Prior to the 1934 election, the riding boundaries were changed. The western boundary was moved east to Bay Street. The boundary followed Bay Street north from the harbour until it curved northwest to meet Davenport Road. It followed Davenport until it met Avenue Road. It turned north following Avenue Road north skirting Upper Canada College on the east side until it met the old Belt Line Railway right-of-way. It then headed southeast following the right-of-way until it reached Yonge Street. From here it turned south following a line through the Mount Pleasant cemetery and through a ravine called the Vale of Avoca (these days it is called David Balfour Park). It followed the ravine until it reached the CPR right-of-way. It headed east along this right-of-way until it reached MacLennan Avenue. It then turned south following this street and continued south on the same line when it turned into Sherbourne Street at Bloor. It continued along Sherbourne Street until it reached the harbour.[2]
Members of Provincial Parliament
| St. George | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Created in 1926 from parts of Toronto Northeast and Toronto Southeast[3] | ||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Henry Scholfield | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Ian Strachan[nb 1] | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | |||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Dana Porter[nb 2] | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
| 24th | 1951–1955 | |||
| 25th | 1955–1958 | |||
| 1958–1959 | Allan Lawrence[nb 3] | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | |||
| 29th | 1971–1972 | |||
| 1972–1975 | Margaret Campbell | Liberal | ||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Susan Fish | Progressive Conservative | |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[4] | ||||
| Merged with St. David to form St. George—St. David after 1987 | ||||
Election results
1926 boundaries
| Party | Candidate | Votes[3][5][nb 4] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scholfield | 7,699 | 57.1 | |
| Prohibitionist | J.W.S. Lowry | 2,887 | 21.4 | |
| Independent-Conservative | Cecil W. Armstrong | 1,600 | 11.9 | |
| Independent-Conservative | E.W.J. Owens | 711 | 5.3 | |
| Liberal | W. M. Endle | 587 | 4.4 | |
| Total | 13,484 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[6] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scholfield | 6,497 | 68.9 | |
| Liberal | G. Needham | 2,927 | 31.1 | |
| Total | 9,424 |
1934 boundaries

| Party | Candidate | Votes[7] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Strachan | 8,286 | 45.3 | |
| Conservative | Henry Scholfield | 7,901 | 43.2 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | I.W. Grant | 1,883 | 10.3 | |
| Independent | J.J. Carrick | 207 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 18,277 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[8][nb 5] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Strachan | 10,915 | 52.4 | |
| Conservative | C.A. Maguire | 8,465 | 40.6 | |
| Labour | Jean Laing | 1,460 | 7.0 | |
| Total | 20,840 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[9] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 6,766 | 47.3 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Francis Andrew Brewin | 4,040 | 28.3 | |
| Liberal | Walter Thomson | 3,104 | 21.7 | |
| Independent-Soldier | George Black | 241 | 1.7 | |
| Independent-Liberal | Douglas Bell | 148 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 14,299 |
1945 boundaries
| Party | Candidate | Votes[10] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 11,940 | 54.2 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bert Carson | 5,887 | 26.7 | |
| Liberal | Fred Needham | 4,219 | 19.1 | |
| Total | 22,046 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[11] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 11,826 | 49.2 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Frier | 7,285 | 30.3 | |
| Liberal | John A. MacVicar | 4,907 | 20.4 | |
| Total | 24,018 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[12] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 10,004 | 56.9 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Frier | 4,341 | 24.7 | |
| Liberal | Harvey Lynes | 3,238 | 18.4 | |
| Total | 17,583 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[13][nb 6] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Dana Porter | 7,298 | 55.6 | |
| Liberal | Joseph Keenan | 3,282 | 25.0 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Frank Frier | 2,550 | 19.4 | |
| Total | 13,130 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[14][nb 7] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 5,518 | 58.4 | |
| Liberal | Jean Brown | 2,996 | 31.7 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Iona Samis | 851 | 9.0 | |
| Social Credit | Dorothy Cureatz | 78 | 0.8 | |
| Total | 9,443 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[15] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 7,959 | 54.4 | |
| Liberal | Jean Brown | 4,900 | 33.5 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Iona Samis | 1,781 | 12.2 | |
| Total | 14,640 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[16] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 9,144 | 54.1 | |
| Liberal | Vincent Reid | 5,507 | 32.6 | |
| New Democrat | Kenneth Hamilton | 1,927 | 11.4 | |
| Social Credit | Neil Carmichael | 313 | 1.9 | |
| Total | 1,891 |
1967 boundaries
| Party | Candidate | Votes[17] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 9,703 | 44.4 | |
| Liberal | Bruce Thomas | 7,182 | 32.9 | |
| New Democrat | Harry Pope | 4,972 | 22.7 | |
| Total | 21,857 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[18] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Allan Lawrence | 14,525 | 56.1 | |
| Liberal | Peter Maloney | 6,514 | 25.2 | |
| New Democrat | David Middleton | 4,847 | 18.7 | |
| Total | 25,886 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[19][nb 8] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Margaret Campbell | 8,390 | 42.7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Roy McMurtry | 7,039 | 35.8 | |
| New Democrat | Ellen Adams | 3,950 | 20.1 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | Hardial Bains | 100 | 0.5 | |
| Communist | Brian Mossop | 86 | 0.4 | |
| Western Guard | John Ross Taylor | 83 | 0.4 | |
| Total | 19,648 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[20] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Margaret Campbell | 10,677 | 41.8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Vasilkioti | 8,505 | 33.3 | |
| New Democrat | Lukin Robinson | 5,858 | 22.9 | |
| Communist | Elizabeth Hill | 272 | 1.1 | |
| Independent | Marshall Evoy | 248 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 25,560 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[21] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Margaret Campbell | 10,289 | 37.0 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Vasilkioti | 9,807 | 35.3 | |
| New Democrat | Lukin Robinson | 6,171 | 22.2 | |
| Independent | D.M. Campbell | 1,083 | 3.9 | |
| Libertarian | David T. Anderson | 272 | 1.0 | |
| Communist | Fred Weir | 159 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 27,781 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[22] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Susan Fish | 12,406 | 43.2 | |
| Liberal | Bruce McLeod | 8,125 | 28.3 | |
| New Democrat | Dan Leckie | 4,882 | 17.0 | |
| Independent | George Hislop | 2,658 | 9.3 | |
| Libertarian | Bruce Evoy | 367 | 1.2 | |
| Independent | Rhino Mils | 191 | 0.7 | |
| Independent | Gary Weagle | 56 | 0.2 | |
| Total | 28,685 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes[23][nb 9] | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Susan Fish | 10,736 | 34.7 | |
| New Democrat | Diana Hunt | 10,031 | 32.4 | |
| Liberal | Joe Mifsud | 8,844 | 28.6 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Beech | 1,015 | 3.3 | |
| Independent | Karol Birczy | 327 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 30,953 |